NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More about INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1883. Abney. First American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The lightly chipped and stained wrappers have been expertly repaired and attached with a new printed paper spine. Small piece torn from the top corner of the first blank;... More about PHOTOGRAPHY WITH EMULSIONS:; A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF GELATINE AND...
London: Puiper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide... More about INSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 1817. First edition. 8vo., half-tile, xxv, 191 pp., [with] A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE APPARATUS & INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EXPERIMENTAL AND OPERATIVE CHEMISTRY, IN ANALYTICAL MINERALOGY, AND IN THE PURSUITS OF THE RECENT DISCOVERIES OF VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY. MANUFACTURE AND SOLD BY FREDRICK ACCUM, OPERATIVE CHEMIST... More about CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT:; COMPRISING A SERIES OF CURIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY...
Boston: NYGS / Little, Brown and Company, [1983]. Adams, Ansel. First edition thus. 8vo., x, 210 pp., numerous b&w photos and illustrations. The original price sticker is affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket. A fine copy. The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 3, revised and... More about THE PRINT.; In Collaboration with Robert Baker
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Near fine in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. For those who still use film and the darkroom, an essential reference and manual. For those of the digital era, yes, even you can benifit from... More about CAMERA AND LENS: THE CREATIVE APPROACH STUDIO, LABORATORY AND OPERATION
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1892. Fourth edition. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text, plate with tissue guard. Newly bound in paper over boards, with printed label on front. Slight foxing especially at edges, faint stains, a few tips creased; else very good. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures... More about PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTOR, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1897. Sixth edition, eighth thousand. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's decorative illustrated paper wrappers. Previous owner's neat stamp on the title page; a small sliver is lacking from the blank rear wrapper; else near fine. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures, printing... More about PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTOR, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter... More about LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. ; MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Later cloth and marbled boards. Tips of a number of leaves creased; ex-library of the Sociéte Française de Photographie with their deaccession stamp and minimal markings. Very good. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul..... More about LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904-1908. First edition. Small 4tos., each volume approx. 700 pp., tipped-in and mounted plates, other illustrations in text, and illustrated adverts and appendices. 4 volumes: 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1908. All volumes in publisher's printed cloth, which is slightly soiled, with advert stamped on the top or... More about ANNUAIRE GÉNÉRAL ET INTERNATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
San Francisco: San Francisco Artspace, 1989. Babcock, Jo. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (12) pp., 10 b&w photos. Die-cut stiff wrappers. Very good. Jo Babcock transforms objects into pinhole cameras -- suitcases, paint cans, mailboxes, gallery spaces and even Volkswagen buses. Babcock received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco... More about JO BABCOCK, LOW TECH: PINHOLE CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Paris: MM. Puech, [1884]. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Eder discusses, in his chapter "Film Photography and the Rapid Growth of Amateur Photography," (HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY) the advantages of using light sensitive paper over glass plates and lists the various inventors who advanced the processes. He... More about METHODE POUR EMPLOYER LE PAPIER TRANSPARENT AU GÉLATINO BRÔMURE D' ARGENT.; POUR CLICHÉS ET...
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., charts and tables. Original printed stiff wrappers. Chipping to edges of wrappers, pages and wear to spine; light scattered. A good copy, housed in a new clamshell box of linen with a paper spine label. Charles... More about Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des manipulations...
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., 4 pp. prospectus at rear, charts and tables. Scattered foxing, else very good in contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After... More about Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des EXEMPLES EMPRUNTÉS...
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., charts and tables. A fine and bright copy in contemporary gilt titled and decorated quarter morroco and paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After... More about Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des EXEMPLES EMPRUNTÉS...
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, charts and tables. Bound in quarter black morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is six compartments and titled in gilt. Original printed stiff wrappers are bound in. An occasional light... More about CHIMIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Les manipulations...
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 74 pp., frontispiece collotype from a photograph accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive text, illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. Slightly toned. Near fine, and unopened. The first manual of aerial photography specific to using kites. Roosens and Salu No. 5678. More about LA PHOTOGRAPHIE AÉRIENNE PAR CERF-VOLANT
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Fourth ed. 2 volumes. 12mo., [vol. I] xxiii, 528 pp.; [vol. II] xii, 548 pp.; each with engraved portrait frontispieces. Half calf and marbled boards. The tips are rubbed; light foxing to portraits and title page. A very good copy. A vast survey including information... More about A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, AND ORIGINS.; Translated from the German, by William...
Garden City: Amphoto, 1973. Facsimile of 1855. with new material. 8vo., (7) 83 pp., plus illustrations. Very good in moderately soiled dust jacket. A classic in photographic literature. Bede (Bradley) wrote and illustrated this humorous instructional manual. More about PHOTOGRAPHIC PLEASURES: POPULARLY PORTRAYED WITH PEN AND PENCIL; With an introduction by Peter...
Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1863. First edition. 12 mo., 22 pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild marginal dampstain and an occasional spot of foxing at the edges. A very good copy housed in a pamphlet case of cloth over boards with printed labels. By 1854, Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie, was a.... More about MANUEL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DU PHOTOGRAPHE FRANÇAIS, OU, NOMENCLATURE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIÉS EN FRANCE...
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Printed wrappers. A segment of the front wrapper, which was lacking, has been replace with no loss of text; author / title in holograph was added to the spine. A tear on the title page has been repaired on the blank... More about CAUSERIES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES
Paris: The Author, 1858. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 447 pp. Contemporary quarter roan and marbled paper over boards. Mild rubbing at edges; shelf numbers and deaccession stamps of the Société Francaise de Photographie on the blank margin of the half-title and title page, a few blank lower tips are creased..... More about COMPENDIUM DES QUATRE BRANCHES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:; TRAITÉ COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES...
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1855. First edition. 8vo., li, 416 pp., photolithographic frontis with tissue guard, large folding plate ("Tableau Synoptique des Substances Chimiques Employées en Photographie: Daguerréotypie, Talbotypie, Niepçotypie, Archérotypie and Papiers Positifs"). Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, gilt title and decorative devices and rules on spine..... More about LES QUATRE BRANCHES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:; TRAITÉ COMPLET THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES PROCÉDÉS DE...
Paris: Leiber, 1862. First edition. 8vo., [ii], [2], 413, [blank 414], 419 - 420 pp. [i.e. 416 pages, and complete]. Original printed wrappers, bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments, titled in gilt. Publisher's address eradicated from the front wrapper... More about PHOTOGRAPHIE RATIONNELLE: TRAITÉ COMPLET THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, APPLICATIONS DIVERSES.;...